Chelsea Manning Quotes
We should all be able to live as human beings - and to be recognized as such by the societies we live in.
Quotes to Explore
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.
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One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I can never find a movie I want to watch, even though I've got hundreds to choose from.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.
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We live in the world when we love it.
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After my daughter was born, I made a promise to myself to live in the moment.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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The first perk of theater is the girls.
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We should all be able to live as human beings - and to be recognized as such by the societies we live in.
